here was also this man, Femi Adekanye, then Chairman/CEO of the defunct Commerce bank, who I also looked up to in the early 1990s when becoming a banker used to be all I had in my head. Pitiably, the failed bank saga of the mid 1990s swept him and his bank.

I dont think its ethical to nominate exconvicts as role models, u know what i am talking bout. Anyway, my role model (s) in corporate Nigeria are as follows:

My dad, for his own contributions to corporate governance in Nigeria, without enriching himself in the process, others include Prof Pat Utomi, Dr. Larry Osa afiana, Wole Adeosun,Gamaliel Onosode, to mention a few, for their ethical contributions to corporate Nigeria. Rotimi Oyekanmi (SME MANAGER), Peter Longe (UBA), for their contributions to the sme sector and finally Godwin Ehigiamusoe (LAPO) for his unfettered and pioneering contributions to microfinance in Nigeria.

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@  IFECOLA, pls stop wasting ur time.  There is no where in the world where Economics as a field is being professionalised. So basically, as a chartered economist, what does the CAMA 1990 permit u to do, what role do u guys intend to play in regulating the Nigerian Economy.
At least ICAN ;to a large extent regulates activities of auditors and has a code of conduct which every accountant in Nigeria must comply with.
CITN deals with tax issues, CIBN - banking, ICSA - corporate Governance,just to mention a few.
I feel Economics is purely academical and  should be left to reseach. Maybe finance, which is an off shoot of Economics, can be professionalised, as its relevant  to the business world.
if u really want to be professional in what u do and of course get a chartered status, then go be an accountant, try ur hands on the ACCA or ICAN qualification, or even go further, with the CFA, CFQ or CISA. The pain of sitting and passing thses exams go a long way in enhancing ur level of professionalism. For example, ACCA has an entiire exam module called "PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANT", though i have earlier worked as an accountant back in Nigeria, after passing dat course sometime back, i started seeing things differently. I wonder ur  ICEN can do dat.
PLS NOTE ALSO THAT MY FIRST DEGREE WAS IN ECONOMICS, SO I AINT BIASED.

@ Osites, Nice one

Kaydee, u need to grow up? There are many people, so numerous to mention that have gone on to make something out of their lives, despite  the degree they came out with.

My friend,  u Altitude, depends on your attitude, not your aptitude[/b]. Grow up. For your information, quite a lot of your industry leaders back in Nigeria, had third class (i will not mention their names). I am not trying to promote such a class, if u can avoid such a grade, pls do, but if u find ur self in such a situation, there are still plenty of oppurtunities.

By the way, only a fool, would not want to aspire to be an enterpreneur, if u want to keep being a salary earner , good luck to u and pls send ur cv to my e-mail add.

I am sorry, but the guy with 3rd class does not have HIV,even people with HIV have hope. The guy with the third class is no leper, or an out cast. Some of the comments posted on this site can be termed discriminatory and in an advanced soceity, u all coud be sued.
If any smart guy turned up at my office for an interview, the last question i will ask (thats if at all i do) , is what grade he or she made at Uni.
I will be going for key skills , work experience and achievements. If its entry level, i will look for interpersonal skills and other traits. For any entry level guy dat finds him or her self in my situation, i will advise u to go on applying, get shortlisted for tests by not listing ur grade on ur cv. Make sure u do very well in the aptitude tests u get invited to, cos dats the only way u can distinguish your self. Then lastly pray u meet someone like me during your interview, i might recommend u if u meet the right skill set , not minding your grade.

I also came out with a third, not because i was an olodo, but b/cos some lecturers saw me as arrogant and as someone who could never kiss asses.

I thot i was doing real good , doing my exams, passing some, carrying over few , (but never settling), by the time i got to 4th year, these same lecturers witch haunted me.

Some with intergrity (courses with the high failure rates) even gave me A grade passes, but the damage had been done already.My results in 1st and 2nd year were missing and could not be found  - dat was the story

In final year, i was actually compelled by these same people, (some academic and some non academic) to settle  $$$$  to look for the results, but it was too late. I acceped a third, instead of an extra year

The irony was that the most senior lecturer in the faculty (a prof) supervised my final project and scored me an A, amongst other students. Dat was the only A in my department for that set. Even though I made a third, I am still proud of my final year project scores and also my research skills.